Fortress Introduction to the Gospels, Second Edition

Fortress Introduction to the Gospels, Second Edition
Title Fortress Introduction to the Gospels, Second Edition PDF eBook
Author Mark Allan Powell
Publisher Fortress Press
Pages 387
Release 2019-10-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 150646050X

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With clarity and verve, Mark Allen Powell introduces the beginning student to the contents and structure of the Gospels, their distinctive characteristics, and their major themes. An introductory chapter surveys the political, religious, and social world of the Gospels, methods of approaching early Christian texts, the genre of the Gospels, and the religious character of these writings. This second edition has been updated to take fuller account of different theories regarding the Gospels, with new chapters on the historical Jesus and on gospel literature not included in our New Testament, and with a pleasing new format. Special features include illustrations and more than two dozen special topics.

Fortress Introduction to the New Testament

Fortress Introduction to the New Testament
Title Fortress Introduction to the New Testament PDF eBook
Author Gerd Theissen
Publisher Fortress Press
Pages 228
Release 2003
Genre Religion
ISBN 9781451408621

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All the main issues for reading the New Testament are covered in this exciting new introduction by one of the world's foremost biblical scholars.

Telling Tales about Jesus

Telling Tales about Jesus
Title Telling Tales about Jesus PDF eBook
Author Warren Carter
Publisher Fortress Press
Pages 303
Release 2016-03-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 1506408117

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What are the Gospels and what does it mean to read them? Warren Carter leads the beginning student in an inductive exploration of the New Testament Gospels, asking about their genre, the view that they were written by eyewitnesses, the early church traditions about them, and how they employ Hellenistic biography. He then examines the distinctive voice of each Gospel, describing the “tale about Jesus” each writer tells, then presenting likely views regarding the circumstances in which they were written, giving particular attention to often overlooked aspects of the Roman imperial setting. A sociohistorical approach suggests that Mark addressed difficult circumstances in imperial Rome; redaction criticism shows that Matthew edited traditions to help define identity in competition with synagogue communities in response to a fresh assertion of Roman power; a literary-thematic approach shows that Luke offers assurance in a context of uncertainty; an intertextual approach shows how John used Wisdom traditions to present Jesus as the definitive revealer of God’s presence to answer an ancient quest for divine knowledge. A concluding chapter addresses how the Gospels inform and shape our understanding of Jesus of Nazareth. Maps, images, sidebars, and questions for reflection add value to this student-friendly text.

The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels

The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels
Title The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels PDF eBook
Author Wolfgang Stegemann
Publisher Fortress Press
Pages 432
Release
Genre Religion
ISBN 9781451420432

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Contributions by internationally known scholars from the United States, Germany, Scotland, Spain, and Canada move beyond many of the impasses in historical Jesus research. Includes essays using social sciences, social history, and traditional historical methods.

An Introduction to the New Testament, Second Edition

An Introduction to the New Testament, Second Edition
Title An Introduction to the New Testament, Second Edition PDF eBook
Author Charles B. Puskas
Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers
Pages 395
Release 2011-06-16
Genre Religion
ISBN 1606087851

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Studying the New Testament requires a determination to encounter this collection of writings on its own terms. This classic introduction by Charles B. Puskas, revised with C. Michael Robbins, provides helpful guidance. Since the publication of the first edition, which was in print for twenty years, a host of new and diverse cultural, historical, social-scientific, socio-rhetorical, narrative, textual, and contextual studies has been examined. Attentive also to the positive reviews of the first edition, the authors retain the original tripartite arrangement on 1) the world of the New Testament, 2) interpreting the New Testament, and 3) Jesus and early Christianity. This volume supplies readers with pertinent primary and secondary material. The new edition carries on a genuine effort to be nonsectarian, and although it is more of a critical introduction than a general survey, it is recommended to midlevel college and seminary students and to anyone who wants to be better informed about the New Testament.

The Bible

The Bible
Title The Bible PDF eBook
Author Jerry L. Sumney
Publisher Fortress Press
Pages 478
Release 2021-01-05
Genre Religion
ISBN 1506466796

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What is the Bible? How did it get to us? Why are translations so different? And what influence has the Bible had on culture? From its very first pages, The Bible: An Introduction, Third Edition, offers clear answers to the most basic questions that first-time students and curious inquirers bring to the Bible. Without presuming either prior knowledge of the Bible or a particular attitude toward it, Jerry L. Sumney uses straightforward language to lead the reader on an exploration of the Bible's contents and the history of its writings, showing how critical methods help readers understand what they find in the Bible. Filled with maps, charts, illustrations, and color photographs to enhance the student's experience with the text. This third edition offers a number of revisions and a new section on the deuterocanonical books. Neither polemical nor apologetic, The Bible presents the biblical writings as the efforts of men and women in the past to understand their lives and their world in light of the ways they understood the divine.

Documents for the Study of the Gospels

Documents for the Study of the Gospels
Title Documents for the Study of the Gospels PDF eBook
Author David R. Cartlidge
Publisher Fortress Press
Pages 316
Release 1989
Genre Religion
ISBN 9781451406160

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This collection of freshly translated texts leads to a new appreciation of the richness and variety of the religious world within which Christianity emerged as a powerful new force. Bringing together for the first time under a single cover documents from Jewish, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Syrian, and little-known early Christian sources, the material is arranged to bring out as clearly as possible the ways in which early Christian worship of Jesus Christ as Savior and God both echoed contemporary worship of other savior gods and at the same time stood in sharp contrast to such worship. This revised and enlarged edition contains a new introduction on texts and traditions in late antiquity, a reworked translation of The Gospel of Peter, selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses, plus such documents as Papyrus Egerton 2, Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840, and The Apocryphon of James. In addition, the table of contents has been expanded to allow easier access to the documents contained herein.